Every hour, 100 people die of loneliness-related causes, UN health agency reports
One in six people are affected by loneliness, with significant [...]
DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a [...]
Energy access has improved, but more funding is needed to address disparities: WHO
Although nearly 92 per cent of the global population now [...]
‘Still reeling’: Myanmar quakes worsen humanitarian crisis in fractured country
Nearly three months after Myanmar’s strongest earthquake in a century, [...]
Tobacco control efforts protect three-quarters of the world’s population, WHO report finds
Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, [...]
‘One Earth, One Health’: Yoga Day provides respite in a tumultuous world
In an age marked by conflicts, disease, dysfunction and mental [...]
WHO warns of a health financing emergency
The world is facing a health financing emergency, according to [...]
Make midwives universally accessible and save millions of lives, WHO urges
Almost 4.5 million maternal, stillborn and newborn deaths were recorded [...]
Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns
Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people [...]
World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimism
Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 [...]
World News in Brief: ‘Indifference and impunity’ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against sanctions, respiratory diseases overlooked in Europe
With over half of the Sudanese population in need of [...]
Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened
Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan [...]
Social and economic barriers, not choice, driving global fertility crisis: UNFPA
The global fertility slump isn’t down to young people turning [...]
AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress
AIDS-related deaths have dropped to their lowest level since 2004, [...]
World News in Brief: Women’s health in Sudan, childhood wasting, Belarus trade unions, Guatemala child rights violation
As hostilities rage in Sudan, access constraints and devastating funding [...]
World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines, more hurricanes ahead for Haiti
In Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic [...]
Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns
For most nicotine users today, their first experience with the [...]
Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions
The 78th World Health Assembly concluded Tuesday in Geneva, marking [...]
Sudan war exacerbates risk of cholera and malaria: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating [...]
Sudan conflict triggers regional health crisis, warns WHO
As the war between rival militaries in Sudan continues, the [...]